Alfred Nobel University (Dnipro)

MA Philology. Translation Studies. Audiovisual/Industry Translation

Welcome to the study programme Philology. Translation Studies. Audiovisual/Industry Translation (Master’s degree), language of training is English.

If you're a language graduate or practicing translator, you can take your skills to postgraduate level with this MA Translation Studies degree course at Alfred Nobel University!

On this course, you'll learn translation skills and get the technological and theoretical knowledge you'll need for a successful career. You can study around your existing professional and personal commitments by choosing between full-time and part-time options.

Recent years have seen the considerable changes of the Ukrainian market being the reflection of all the processes which have taken place in the country. Nowadays translation activity has become the full industry with its own standards and methods to communicate with the clients. So, modern translation market requires strengthening of its infrastructure and creating absolutely new, alternative models of service supply process, which should be included into methodological part of future translators/interpreters’ training. Translators and interpreters are the professionals who are able to meet the challenges in the sphere of international communication and business.

The mission of the study programme “Philology. Translation Studies. Audiovisual/Industry Translation” (Master’s degree) is to foster a new generation of translators and interpreters with a professional outlook, linguistic and cultural competences as well as the skills and confidence to meet the challenges of the local, regional and international translation markets for the years to come. It also aims to provide a comprehensive and in-depth study of multifaceted issues in translation.

Here you will find information about the study programme “Philology. Translation Studies. Audiovisual/Industry Translation” (Master’s degree) at Alfred Nobel University (Dnipro, Ukraine).

Contact

Associate Prof. Dr. Nataliia Zinukova

Head of the English Philology and Translation Department

Sicheslavska Naberezhna str., 18, Dnipro, 49000, Ukraine Of. 2402

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Profile

Programme title: Philology (Translation and interpreting) (Master’s degree)

Qualification: Master of Arts in Philology, Translator and Interpreter from/to English, Second foreign language (German / Spanish / French) and Third foreign language (German / Spanish / French / Russian), translators’ trainer.

Programme Type: Graduate programme

Mode of study: full time, part time

Duration: 1,5 years

Degree awarded: Master’s degree

Language of study: English (Full-time, Part-time)

”Bachelor of Arts in Philology” and ”Master of Arts in Philology” provided by Alfred Nobel University are the first and the only educational programmes in Ukraine accredited at the international level by ZEvA agency, Hannover (Germany). ZEvA’s experts recognized their compliance with international standards.

DOUBLE DEGREE PROGRAMME

First and the only one in Ukraine since 2014!

Master’s Degree:

You will receive a diploma from Alfred Nobel University and a Master’s degree diploma from Humanitas University in Sosnowiec, Poland

Wyższa Szkoła HUMANITAS (Sosnowiec), Poland.

Diploma: Master’s Degree in Philology (with European Diploma Supplement)

Qualification: Master in Philology, speciality “Business Communication”.

This programme offered by Alfred Nobel University will mostly attract those who are willing to get more profound knowledge in translation, interpreting and localization methodologies and technologies, as well as improve their skills in translation technology and management of translation projects.

Career options when you graduate include:

Translation project management
Translation
Interpreting
Freelance Translation
Editing
Copywriting
Further research
Subtitling
Voice-over

Programme requirements (ECTS credits).

In accordance with the Standard on Higher Education set for the programme “Translation Studies. Audiovisual/Industry Translation” (Master’s degree), 90 ECTS credits are awarded in total. The curriculum of the programme “Translation Studies. Audiovisual/Industry Translation” (Master’s degree) incorporates: mandatory courses (37 ECTS credits) and elective courses (23,5 ECTS credits). Practical training which includes internship – 9 ECTS credits. The Final Examination comprises the Qualifying Examinations on Theory and Practice of Translation and Second and Third Foreign languages (4,5 ECTS credits). Masters’s thesis (16 ECTS credits).

the ratio of credits between parts of the programme may vary slightly from year to year.

Educational goals of the programme.

General goal of the study programme “Translation Studies. Audiovisual/Industry Translation” (Master’s degree) is to foster a new generation of translators and interpreters with a professional outlook, linguistic and cultural competences as well as the skills and confidence to meet the challenges of the local, regional and international translation markets for the years to come. It also aims to provide a comprehensive and in-depth study of multifaceted issues in translation.

The programme’s objectives are designed to:

ensure training of Masters in Philology “Translation Studies. Audiovisual/Industry Translation” using a competency-based approach to the education process in accordance with modern Europeaneducational standardsand requirements of thenational and globallabour market;
provide students withsystematicknowledge andskills in translation and interpreting required forformation of the competencesof Masterin Philology “Translation Studies (Audiovisual/Industry Translation)”;
train highly qualified translators that will be experts in establishing communication primarily among members of various cultures and languages to professionally meet current market demands and enable to adapt to the future needs of the translation market;
ensure a high level of competence in translation theory so that those holding a master’s degree will be able to form their own understanding of theoretical principles and assess them, apply them to their work, and identify and solve the problems that they will encounter in their work as professional translators;
develop graduates as mature social individuals capable of solving complex communications challenges and social activities within their competence;
improve thelearning skillsthat enablegraduates tocontinue their studyin accordancewith the concept of"lifelong learning" in a manner that may be largely self-directed or autonomous;
educate highly trained holders of master’s degrees and prepare them for further study at the doctoral level.

Professionally Oriented Courses Offered

Modern Art, Culture and Literature Studies
Translation Business Basics
English Speaking Communicative Strategies
Translation Theory
Practice of Translation and Interpreting
Practical Course of the Second Foreign Language (German/Spanish/French)
Translation of the Second Foreign Language (German/Spanish/French)
Practical Course of the Third Foreign Language (German/Spanish/French/Russian)
PR in International Relations
Brand Management
Methodology and Organization of Research and Translation Teaching Methods in Higher School
Innovative Technology of Foreign Languages Teaching at Higher School
Practice of Translation from Russian into Ukrainian
Audiovisual Translation
Industry Translation.